Night vista somewhere between Bibinagar and Guntur. Photo by Gautam P.

Finally, at Guntur, Baaz waits to be unhitched from 7054 to make way for big brute WAP4 for the onward journey to MAS. Photo by Gautam P.

At last it was time for me to bid goodbye to the HYB gang and board 7032 to KJT. Surprise again - the loco was WDM2 16474! The beast performed admirably. Somewhere between Wadi and Pune we touched 104...recorded faithfully by my GPS. Photo by PoochiVenkat

A surprise at Karjat too - this rare WCM6. I nearly jumped off 7032 before the train could stop at KJT platform, rushed down the tracks where this brute was stabled...and snapped away! Strange that the loco should have a LV plate...wonder whether it was w

The elusive stranger up front! The twin-beams add a nice touch. Don't miss the flower garland...

High-adhesion bogies of the WCM6. One of the traction motors is visible underneath.

The great GIPR emblem crowning the windows of Karjat station buildings. Photo by PoochiVenkat.

Talk about Superpowers...this was one helluva DC lineup - note that the pantos of all eight locos are up...and the blowers of all the locos were working...what a scream :-)
at KJT. Photo by PoochiVenkat.

Manual Signalling?? not really! Just routine service in progress at KJT. In the background can be seen the 25kv substation for the Panvel-KJT line. Photo by PoochiVenkat.

Never seen Bombay VT so devoid of homo sapiens :-) But this is how it was, at 6:50 am. I was heading back to KJT in fast-local no.483 below. The motorman has just stepped out of the cab to check the lights. Unfortunately there wasn't suffecient light for